Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

The claimants brought claims against five offshore companies (“the corporate defendants”) arising out of what the claimants said was a fraudulent scheme by which the corporate defendants chartered a number of vessels owned by the..

In this case the Court of Appeal considered the meaning of the expression “piercing the veil of incorporation”. Held, that piercing the corporate veil would or might lead to the granting of remedies against the company which, veil..

The vessel was chartered on the NYPE form (1946) for minimum 30 months up to maximum 36 months, exact duration in charterers’ option. At the conclusion of the charter the charterers withheld hire to reflect their claims for underperformance on..

Two further disputes arose under the charterparty that was the subject of London Arbitration 3/12 (qv for relevant charterparty terms). There was a further speed and consumption dispute in relation to other voyages, and a dispute relating to..